#boo

Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold. ↗

— Esther Forbes

#belief #believe #books #hold #i

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ↗

— Anatole France

#contain #dull #extremely #history #history books

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey. ↗

— John Hope Franklin

#depths #explore #glories #go #into

I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#book #cover #else #enough #fact

Boxing is the only sport you can get your brain shook, your money took and your name in the undertaker book. ↗

— Joe Frazier

#boxing #brain #get #money #name

i have a friend request from some stranger on facebook and i delete it without looking at the profile because that doesn't seem natural. 'cause friendship should not be as easy as that. it's like people believe all you need to do is like the same bands in order to be soulmates. or books. omg... U like the outsiders 2... it's like we're the same person! no we're not. it's like we have the same english teacher. there's a difference. ↗

— David Levithan

#social-networking #friendship

I love social media and the ability to connect to new people through Twitter and Facebook and share my real time experiences with my mommy network. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

#connect #experiences #facebook #i #i love

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book. ↗

— Liam Gallagher

#book #chew #even #gum #line

My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and bad taste. My father is also terribly stingy, in life as well as in feelings: I have never seen him filling up the bathtub. ↗

— Vincent Gallo

#bad #bad taste #bathtub #books #emblem

I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually. ↗

— Helen Garner

#book #completely #doing #engagement #i